Mineral Policy Institute

The Mineral Policy Institute is an Australian-based non-governmental organisation that specialises in preventing environmentally and socially destructive mining, minerals and energy projects in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.[1] The institute as formed in 1995 in response to the internationalisation of Australia's mineral industry and requests for assistance from overseas.[2] The Institute works with other organisations, including Greenpeace to protest violations of the Basel Convention related to illegal dumping.[3]

References

"Beware of Sea-Bed Mining: NGO". The Fiji Times. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
"History of MPI". Mineral Policy Institute. 13 April 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
"Australia, South Africa Breach Waste Dumping Ban". Green Left Online. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2008.

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[fijit-1] "Beware of Sea-Bed Mining: NGO". The Fiji Times. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.

[hist-2] "History of MPI". Mineral Policy Institute. 13 April 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.

[basel-3] "Australia, South Africa Breach Waste Dumping Ban". Green Left Online. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2008.

Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
Organisations and groups	The Australia Institute Australian Conservation Foundation Australian Greens Australian Labor Party Campaign Against Nuclear Energy Conservation Council of South Australia Friends of the Earth Australia Greenpeace Australia Pacific Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Medical Association for Prevention of War Mineral Policy Institute Nuclear Disarmament Party Peace Organisation of Australia The Wilderness Society
People	Dorothy Auchterlonie Green David Bradbury Bob Brown Eileen Kampakuta Brown Kevin Buzzacott Helen Caldicott Moss Cass Ian Cohen Michael Denborough Mark Diesendorf Jim Falk Peter Garrett Jim Green Margaret Holmes Jacqui Katona Sandra Kanck Ian Lowe Scott Ludlam Yvonne Margarula Dee Margetts Jean Melzer Kerry Nettle Tilman Ruff Nancy Shelley Jo Vallentine Patrick White Stuart White Eileen Wani Wingfield
Books	Britain, Australia and the Bomb Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
See also	Australia and weapons of mass destruction Australian Uranium Association Clean Energy Future Group List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear power in Australia Nuclear weapons tests in Australia Olympic Dam, South Australia Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry Renewable energy commercialization Renewable energy in Australia Say Yes demonstrations Uranium mining in Australia Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park